1881 census county

Perthshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Perthshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

3,210 surnames are listed for Perthshire, covering 103,345 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Jardine, with 21 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Perthshire

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
701	Jardine	21	0.020%	1.72x
702	Jolly	21	0.020%	1.13x
703	Justice	21	0.020%	6.31x
704	Lynch	21	0.020%	0.61x
705	Mcgregor	21	0.020%	12.11x
706	Meikle	21	0.020%	2.23x
707	Philip	21	0.020%	2.40x
708	Richmond	21	0.020%	0.73x
709	Scully	21	0.020%	5.19x
710	Sharpe	21	0.020%	0.54x
711	Steuart	21	0.020%	27.73x
712	Waugh	21	0.020%	1.18x
713	Barr	20	0.020%	0.63x
714	Borthwick	20	0.020%	2.72x
715	Connely	20	0.020%	8.28x
716	Cuthill	20	0.020%	7.81x
717	Dargie	20	0.020%	16.03x
718	Gould	20	0.020%	0.42x
719	Hutchinson	20	0.020%	0.27x
720	Inches	20	0.020%	28.20x
721	Maclagan	20	0.020%	56.42x
722	Mallock	20	0.020%	36.85x
723	Moodie	20	0.020%	3.25x
724	Peat	20	0.020%	1.91x
725	Richard	20	0.020%	1.77x
726	Shedden	20	0.020%	8.82x
727	Struth	20	0.020%	47.10x
728	Walton	20	0.020%	0.22x
729	Allen	19	0.010%	0.08x
730	Ballingall	19	0.010%	10.07x
731	Balmain	19	0.010%	23.85x
732	Binnie	19	0.010%	3.48x
733	Bonar	19	0.010%	9.04x
734	Clink	19	0.010%	46.17x
735	Culbert	19	0.010%	19.03x
736	Gibbons	19	0.010%	0.45x
737	Gourdie	19	0.010%	80.37x
738	Grewar	19	0.010%	36.17x
739	Kettle	19	0.010%	1.66x
740	Lambie	19	0.010%	4.44x
741	Maclaren	19	0.010%	15.72x
742	Mathieson	19	0.010%	1.38x
743	Maule	19	0.010%	6.08x
744	Melrose	19	0.010%	3.74x
745	Nevin	19	0.010%	7.22x
746	Norval	19	0.010%	17.09x
747	Peattie	19	0.010%	11.48x
748	Proctor	19	0.010%	0.59x
749	Quigley	19	0.010%	2.83x
750	Rumgay	19	0.010%	61.13x
751	Straiton	19	0.010%	23.58x
752	Tosh	19	0.010%	6.48x
753	Whannel	19	0.010%	81.90x
754	Williams	19	0.010%	0.02x
755	Battison	18	0.010%	12.24x
756	Bean	18	0.010%	1.06x
757	Birmingham	18	0.010%	5.53x
758	Blackie	18	0.010%	3.35x
759	Carswell	18	0.010%	3.75x
760	Cullen	18	0.010%	0.78x
761	Dunsmore	18	0.010%	5.34x
762	Edington	18	0.010%	7.70x
763	Ingles	18	0.010%	4.53x
764	Louden	18	0.010%	7.94x
765	Mair	18	0.010%	1.49x
766	Malcom	18	0.010%	17.06x
767	Mowbray	18	0.010%	3.30x
768	Neave	18	0.010%	2.92x
769	Reilly	18	0.010%	1.29x
770	Rodgers	18	0.010%	0.50x
771	Saddler	18	0.010%	4.57x
772	Speirs	18	0.010%	3.51x
773	Stobbie	18	0.010%	39.54x
774	Trail	18	0.010%	7.53x
775	Bremner	17	0.010%	1.51x
776	Burden	17	0.010%	1.01x
777	Carruthers	17	0.010%	0.98x
778	Cattanach	17	0.010%	10.25x
779	Chambers	17	0.010%	0.23x
780	Conlin	17	0.010%	6.97x
781	Cuthbertson	17	0.010%	1.68x
782	Drumond	17	0.010%	29.87x
783	Duthie	17	0.010%	2.42x
784	Fife	17	0.010%	4.87x
785	Flockhart	17	0.010%	6.85x
786	Gentle	17	0.010%	3.94x
787	Gilfillan	17	0.010%	6.71x
788	Goodwin	17	0.010%	0.25x
789	Grindlay	17	0.010%	11.87x
790	Hobin	17	0.010%	21.22x
791	Leckie	17	0.010%	4.14x
792	Lyden	17	0.010%	17.98x
793	Macnaughton	17	0.010%	30.34x
794	Maitland	17	0.010%	2.00x
795	Murry	17	0.010%	2.45x
796	Quin	17	0.010%	1.21x
797	Reoch	17	0.010%	24.58x
798	Scot	17	0.010%	11.77x
799	Shand	17	0.010%	1.89x
800	Silver	17	0.010%	2.27x